While Kansans have the right to carry a concealed weapon, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said the confrontation could have gone wrong in the blink of an eye.

“What’s important for Kansans is that if you decided or make that decision that you’re going to carry a firearm, you should know the law, and know what your rights and responsibilities are when you do carry it,” Howe said. “Any time that a gun is displayed, it doesn’t take much for it to go really bad really quick.”

He said no case of road or parking-lot rage should rise to the level that would justify pointing a gun at someone. In this case, police said the dispute happened when one car pulled in front of another.

Children were passengers in both cars, investigators said.

“It worries me, yeah. I mean, that somebody would get so upset that they pull a gun over a parking place,” said Michelle Kring, who was seeing a movie at the theater Monday.

“It’s kind of scary to hear something like that’s within close proximity. You just never know, you know, when something like that will happen,” moviegoer Adam Baird said.

Howe said people need to keep their cool in a situation and not let it escalate.

"It's a felony violation to point a gun at somebody for obvious reasons because it's a serious situation and all it takes is a little bit of a trigger pull and you go from just displaying to actually shooting an individual and maybe taking a life," Howe said.

Garcia is due back in court July 21. He told a judge he plans to hire his own attorney. Bail has been set at $10,000.